If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Your gift giver makes wise choices. Thanks for the link. I've read high praise in reviews for the Panasonics. The extra wide angle in the lens zoom is not to be underestimated. It can make a great difference in pictures of people.

The FS15 is my first digital camera. It does take good portraits and I love the wide angle lens and the perspective distortion indoors. Best for macro, portraits and wide angle shots.

The term point and shoot is a bit misleading though IMHO since there's a lot of scene modes and settings. It's important to understand the functions to take the best pics.

An Olympus Trip 35 would be my example of a real point and shoot camera. Too bad they don't make this type of cameras anymore except for plastic cameras like Holgas and Dianas.

The IA mode is good for everything except for low light conditions. For that I choose Night Scenery (mini tripod highly recommended) and it will automatically choose a shutter speed up to 8s. Prefer not to use flash in my photos. One has to play, experiment, shoot photos to get good results. I had to go through an easy learning curve before I'm satisfied with the pics taken although I must admit that there are some challenging moments due to my lack of photographic skills and experience. Frankly, I don't know how to use nor have I tried Photoshop.

Leoslocks,
Reading the reviews of the DMC-LX1 and judging from the pics on the net I would say it is a good camera with a higher learning curve than mine and not a big difference compared to the latest LX3.

IA Scene Mode. Shutter speed: 1/320s ISO: 80 Cropped from original image 2560 x 1920 with color balance adjustment.
Took me a while to get an interesting shot. There were several zooming past individually but they were too fast for me. Next time I'll try a 12-gauge instead.

I'll post a final pic later. Hopefully something like what Bruce Dale achieved with the LX3 in the special gallery.

"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Thanks. There's a slight loss of image quality during resizing but still some room for improvement. Still need to get familiar with the exposure control and AF on this camera. AF is not fool proof and all AF cameras exhibit this problem resulting in varying degrees of sharpness in different conditions.

Originally Posted by Leoslocks

You have some serious skills there mister.

Nice shot.

Well, still a beginner here and I don't really see it that way. LOL.
I'll open up my gallery when its done.

"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Well, I haven't touched the camera for months and the images here are all taken in April. Been busy and too depressed to take pics. Lawyers are expensive and I will do my own defense for my trial in court coming in November. It is going to be interesting and as they say:

Failure is the secret to success.

I could have easily paid the fine and get on with my life. However, I'll regret for the rest of my life not standing up and fight for my rights because it was the other party's fault.

Anyway, here are the images unedited and uploaded to imageshack.

Normal Mode Shutter Speed: 1/640s ISO80 EV -1

Normal Mode Shutter Speed: 1/320s ISO80 EV -0.66

Normal Mode Shutter Speed: 1/60s ISO100 EV -0.66

Normal Mode Shutter Speed: 1/640s ISO80 EV -0.66

"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!" Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche